Police arrests 13 over death of policeman, 3 others in Anambra

By Vincent Ujumadu
Awk – THE Anambra State police command has arrested 13 persons suspected to be involved in the disturbances by some hoodlums in Onitsha, which claimed the lives of a policeman, a pregnant woman and her two children in the commercial town on Thursday.

Vanguard gathered that over 100 youths went on rampage following the death of the pregnant woman and her two children when a lorry driver lost control as he tried to escape when flagged down by policemen at a check point.

A statement by the Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, in Anambra State, Mrs. Nkiru Nwode said the identities of the late pregnant woman and her children were yet to be ascertained.

The statement by Nwode yesterday said: “Anambra State police command received a distress call that misguided elements numbering over 100 went on rampage and attacked a police check point at Km 4/6 along Onitsha-Owerri road manned by visiting police mobile unit attached to 3 PMF Enugu.

“In the process, they killed on the spot, one SGT. Uchenna Ezike who was on duty. They took away his Ak-47 riffle, set ablaze four vehicles and destroyed part of Bontus Group, which is a company located in the area.

“Following the distress call, police patrol teams led by the Divisional Police Officer, DPO, in charge of Okpoko, rushed to the scene, restored normalcy and arrested the13 suspects, including one Paul Igwe in whose custody the deceased police riffle was recovered.”

According to Nwode, the bodies of the four persons who lost their lives during the fracas had been deposited in the mortuary for post mortem examination.

She said that the state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Garba Umar, had ordered for full scale investigation to ascertain the actual cause of the incident with a view to fishing out the perpetrators of the dastardly act.

The command also warned that police would not take it lightly with any person or group that tried to take laws into their hands in the state.

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